Yucca torreyi Chaves 4b a mayapple that we predict

a mayapple that we predict will soon be elevated to species status as Podophyllum boreale

deeply-channeled leaves are topped

while the plant dies afterwards

and finally mauvy lavender

golden foliage with a unique twisty point to the leaves

Yucca torreyi Chaves 4b a mayapple that we predictWe typically think of the stunning Yucca torreyi as a Zone 7 plant, so we are ecstatic to offer a Zone 5 hardy strain from Chaves County, New Mexico a region that's recorded 24F (1962) in the wild. Although slow to start, Yucca torreyi 'Chaves' will eventually become a 15' tall phone pole like structure, clothed with 3' long, rigid bayonet shaped leaves. The flower spikes, which top the trunk in April, glow like a white extra terrestrial orb as they